Wednesday afternoon’s protest snarled rush-hour traffic in Downtown and involved a police-escorted march from the newly re-opened Mellon Square Park, along Sixth Avenue and ended in front of UPMC headquarters on Grant Street.
UPMC employees protest job, wage cuts – Post-Gazette
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Premature celebration: UPMC’s tax suit win came on a technicality
On Wednesday, Common Pleas Court Judge R. Stanton Wettick Jr. threw out the City of Pittsburgh lawsuit that had sought to impose the payroll tax on the $10 billion enterprise. But it’s way too early for UPMC to be popping the bubbly.
Premature celebration: UPMC’s tax suit win came on a technicality
Hold UPMC Accountable – Tribune Review
Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge R. Stanton Wettick’s ruling is very clear that this has nothing to do with UPMC’s charity status, and our community feels strongly that based on the organization’s actions, the health care giant is not a charity.
End Stalemate – Tribune Review
It is frightening that UPMC continues blocking those insured by Highmark from UPMC facilities and doctors. How can UPMC discriminate against Highmark and those it insures while enjoying nonprofit status in the same health-care field?
End Stalemate – Tribune Review
Stress for Patients – Post Gazette
No family should have to go through this, and yet this disruption of care is what potentially hundreds of thousands of patients face come 2015. It’s unconscionable what UPMC is doing, but it is also unconscionable that Gov. Tom Corbett has let this battle drag on, with more and more patients as collateral damage.
Stress for Patients – Post Gazette
UPMC protesters get case dismissed – WTAE
Although the protestors had offered to perform community service, the judge told them that he considered their social activism itself to be a form of community service.
UPMC protesters get case dismissed – WTAE
Pittsburgh’s Nonprofit Pirates – In These Times
A hospital behemoth dominates the city, pays no taxes and does little for its lowest-paid workers.
BY REBECCA BURNS
Pittsburgh’s Nonprofit Pirates – In These Times
UPMC workers begin fasting to protest low wages
There are lots of things that Chaney Lewis could be doing while he’s on vacation from his job at UPMC, where he works in patient transport. But he won’t be taking a trip, or even just vegging out on the couch. Instead he’ll be publicly fasting to draw attention to the plight of workers seeking to unionize at UPMC.
UPMC workers begin fasting to protest low wages
UPMC Employees Plan To Go A Week Without Food For Worker's Rights
UPMC workers, faith leaders and community activists gathered in front of the US Steel Building Friday to begin a week-long fast in protest of UPMC’s treatment of it’s workers.
UPMC Employees Plan To Go A Week Without Food For Worker’s Rights
Hospital in Pittsburgh’s labor showdown – MSNBC
The biggest employer in Pittsburgh faces a major showdown, as workers demand fair pay for their service. Ed Schultz and Steve Greenhouse discuss.
Hospital in Pittsburgh’s labor showdown